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Practice Quiz in Introduction to Datacom and Networking Part 1

Online Practice Quiz in Introduction to Datacom and Networking part 1 from the book Data Communications and Networking 4th Edition by Behrouz A. Forouzan.

This is the Online Practice Quiz in Introduction to Datacom and Networking part 1 from the book, Data Communications and Networking 4th Edition by Behrouz A. Forouzan. If you are looking for a reviewer in Electronics Systems and Technologies (Communications Engineering) this will definitely help you test your knowledge and skill before taking the Board Exam.

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Quiz in Introduction to Datacom and Networking

Question 1. Communication between a computer and a keyboard involves ______________ transmission.

A. simplex

B. half-duplex

C. full-duplex

D. automatic

Question 2. The information to be communicated in a data communications system is the _______.

A. Medium

B. Protocol

C. Message

D. Transmission

Question 3. This was the first network.

A. CSNET

B. NSFNET

C. ARPANET

D. ANSNET

Question 4. Which organization has authority over interstate and international commerce in the communications field?

A. FCC

B. IEEE

C. ITU-T

D. ISOC

Question 5. ________ is a collection of many separate networks.

A. A WAN

B. An internet

C. A LAN

D. None of these

Question 6. ______ refers to the physical or logical arrangement of a network.

A. Topology

B. Mode of operation

C. Data flow

D. None of these

Question 7. _______ refers to two characteristics: when data should be sent and how fast it can be sent.

A. Semantics

B. Timing

C. Syntax

D. None of these

Question 8. In _______ transmission, the channel capacity is shared by both communicating devices at all times.

A. simplex

B. half-duplex

C. full-duplex

D. half-simplex

Question 9. _______ refers to the structure or format of the data, meaning the order in which they are presented.

A. Semantics

B. Syntax

C. Timing

D. All of these

Question 10. Frequency of failure and network recovery time after a failure are measures of the _______of a network.